The primary low pressure system with this clipper will be moving north of New England today while a secondary low deepens and moves through New England. Widespread snow showers will shut down by early this afternoon, though scattered activity will remain present across the region through the day as the system wraps to the north. A cold front will be pulled through New England this morning into the early afternoon, which will allow for the potential of scattered snow squalls this afternoon along with falling temperatures.

Bands of precipitation earlier this morning across southern and central New England were intense enough to overcome marginal temperatures along the coastal plain and bring snow showers right to the eastern coastline of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and southern Maine, allowing for some minor accumulations. Elsewhere, snowfall has been as expected, with a few inches generally reported so far in most locations this morning. 4-8 inches have been reported in communities across the higher terrain.
Below: Snowfall reports as of 9am:

Winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings and wind advisories remain in effect across New England this morning and many will carry through this afternoon and evening as scattered snow showers continue and snow begins to blow around as winds pick up this afternoon.

As for timing, widespread snow showers (with rain showers along the immediate coast) will continue to wind down to more scattered activity late this morning and early this afternoon as the system's secondary low pushes through New England. As the primary low (farther west) continues to move northeast, it will allow for another round of forcing for precipitation this afternoon. Scattered snow showers and squalls are expected to break out by midday across western New England and push east-southeastward through the afternoon.
Below: HRRR showing potential weather around mid-afternoon today:

This setup is similar to a thunderstorm day New England would experience in the summer. As widespread precipitation exits this morning, a favorable environment for renewed scattered snow shower activity will develop with steep lapse rates and some instability building. With a cold front pushing through the region, it will provide the forcing for this scattered activity to develop along.
Similar to thunderstorms, the activity will be scattered and not everyone will see a snow shower or squall this afternoon. Squall activity is not expected to be widespread across New England. The activity is also expected to be more disorganized and scattered around rather than occur along an organized line. Any area that does see a snow squall or heavier snow shower will experience a brief reduction in visibility with a quick half inch to inch of snowfall.
Snow shower activity will end for most by the evening with typical leftover activity remaining in place over the mountains. As this afternoon and evening progress, winds will pick up as the cold front moves through the region. Once winds pick up, they will remain elevated through much of Friday thanks to a pressure gradient between the departing clipper to our northeast and an expansive area of high pressure to our southwest. Gusts of 25-35mph are expected region-wide from this evening through Friday afternoon.
Below: GFS showing expected wind gusts Friday morning:

With strong cold air advection behind today's front, temperatures will drop off tonight. Overnight lows are expected to bottom out in the teens to mid 20s region-wide. With a colder air mass overhead and continued elevated northwest winds, afternoon highs on Friday won't recover much at all. Many areas will only rise a few degrees from morning lows, keeping much of the region sub-freezing all day. Add in the wind gusts, and feels-like temperatures will be in the teens for many with single digits across the higher terrain and northern woods.

The weekend will remain cold, though not quite as cold as it was looking several days ago. Another clipper system looks poised to pass through New England Saturday night into Sunday, bringing a chance for snow showers, mainly across northern New England. After the weekend, a distinct warming trend looks to take hold as flow shifts back from the south. Above average temperatures will be likely by Tuesday.
A slow moving weather complex will likely enter into New England at the beginning of the week and carry through at least midweek. This will bring a period of unsettled weather from Sunday through Wednesday or Thursday. This will generally be a milder setup with rain likely dominating the precipitation type for many. With that said, some wintry precipitation will be possible across northern New England Monday into Tuesday morning as a warm front lifts through the region.
Periods of showers are expected through Wednesday or Thursday, though the timing on all of this remains very iffy at the moment. Temperatures will likely continue to climb milder and milder through the week with rain showers likely becoming more dominant across northern areas by midweek. The end of next week looks to moderate back to cooler weather as a cold front gets dragged across the region. Next week is complex and vague at the moment and more details will come with time.
Below: Current weather map for Monday morning (December 9) showing the elongated weather system across the north:

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